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Also For
Amiga, Apple II, Macintosh
Developed by
Inrac Corporation
Published by
Mindscape, Inc.
Released
1984
Genre
Simulation
Pacing
Meditative / Zen
Gameplay
Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure
Description
From the Racter FAQ:
Racter strings together words according to "syntax directives", and the illusion of coherence is increased by repeated re-use of text variables. This gives the appearance that Racter can actually have a conversation with the user that makes some sense, unlike Eliza, which just spits back what you type at it. Of course, such a program has not been written to perfection yet, but Racter comes somewhat close.
In 1984, William Chamberlain published a book called "The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed" (Warner Books, NY. 0-446-38051-2, paper $9.95). The introduction claims: "With the exception of this introduction, the writing in this book was all done by computer."
The authorship is attributed to RACTER, originally "written in compiled BASIC on a Z80 with 64k of RAM."
From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
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